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There's no traffic or cops at this reporter's dream of a test day

No more pencils, no more books: With PopSci's guide to the best continuing-ed programs on the Web, you can lose the paper and still gain a grade-A education

Explore the geographic locations found in our special issue via amazing annotated satellite imagery

An antenna that blows up like a balloon brings satellite communications anywhere, anytime

Google and NASA build a search engine for the universe

America’s favorite old-school videogame maker puts thirtysomethings in the virtual driver’s seat of a suburban dream car

Ted Berger has spent the past decade engineering a brain implant that can re-create thoughts. The chip could remedy everything from Alzheimer’s to absent-mindedness—and reduce memory loss to nothing more than a computer glitch

NASA eyes a launchpad escape plan nearly as thrilling as the blastoff

Will Wright plays with evolution-and Intelligent Design-in his new magnum opus, Spore. In this extended interview, see what one of the gaming industry's luminaries has to say about the Wii, Second Life, and much more.

High-tech security isn't just for the airport anymore. Advances now coming out of the labs will help protect what's dear to you, from your car to your kids, your dinner to your dinero

On today's hottest shows, the stars wear lab coats instead of bathing suits. We look behind the scenes at Numb3rs to see how it gets the science right-and why it sometimes needs to get it wrong

The Baja 1000 is the toughest road race on the planet. To win it, you need a lot of guts, a lot of money and a state-of-the-art new truck

Infrared spectrometer as taste tester